Status
Active
Email Address
yojana.mirayaoscco@mail.utoronto.ca
Website
Major
Comparative Politics
Supervisor(s)
Miraya Oscco, Yojana
Dissertation:
Andean Indigenous Institutions: Llaqta Kamachiy (Community Governance) and Resistance in the Context of Extractive Resources
Biography
Yojana Miraya Oscco is originally from and a member of a Quechua community in Peru. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the National University of San Marcos and completed her master’s degree in Environment and Community at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. She has taught her native Quechua language at the University of Toronto and co-founded Kuskalla Abya Yala, an international non-profit supporting the revitalization of South American native languages.
Research Interests
Indigenous Andean Politics (Allin Rimanakuy & Llaqta Kamachiy), Indigenous Ontologies, Indigenous Community Resistance & Mining extractivism, Environmental Politics and Environmental Justice.
Previous Degrees
BA, Geography, National University of San Marcos, Peru
MA, Environment and Community, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt